Bad reviews aren’t just bruising your ego—they’re taxing your rank, spiking your PPC, and scaring off retail buyers. We sat down with Shane Barker, CEO and co-founder of TraceFuse, to unpack how to remove violating Amazon reviews the right way and protect your most important ASINs without risking your account.

We get specific about what Amazon actually prohibits: exact price mentions, competitor callouts, profanity, and FBA-related complaints that blame the product for shipping failures. Shane explains why only written reviews can be removed, how his team builds compliant cases, and why going “faster” isn’t worth the risk. We also explore how review averages influence conversion and CPCs, why small dips in star ratings snowball into bigger costs, and how attackers target high-LTV categories like supplements, beauty, and pet with copy-paste tactics.

You’ll learn how to spot fraud patterns such as sudden bursts of one-star reviews or repeated phrasing across accounts, and how to separate product issues from fulfillment issues so you’re measuring the right signals. Shane shares a free Amazon Review Checker that flags likely violations in your recent reviews and a new ROI calculator that models the revenue lift from removing critical reviews, so you can prioritize which ASINs to defend first. It’s a practical, white-hat playbook for cleaning up your listings, stabilizing ads, and restoring trust without shortcuts.

If you care about rank, profitability, and future retail partnerships, this conversation will change how you manage reviews. Subscribe, share with a fellow seller, and leave a rating to tell us which review tactic you want Amazon to crack down on next.

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